from Unoffensive Animal 31st May, Middlands UK. received anonymously over email: “As the bird flu crisis lessens in the UK, we felt safe saving and transporting birds from an industrial farm using biosecurity. As we approached the gigantic shed, the stench of […]
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Victory for Atlanta Forest: Reeves + Young Has Backed Out
from Stop Reeves Young On April 25th, activists with Stop Reeves Young (SRY) confirmed the news that Reeves Young, a major Atlanta construction contractor, is no longer working with the Atlanta Police Foundation on the Cop City development. This is a great victory […]
Continue readingCanadian Pacific Railway Police Service Charges Dropped Against Land Defender Vanessa Gray
from North Shore Counter-Info My name is Vanessa Gray. I am an Anishinaabe Kwe organizer, community researcher, and Land defender from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. On November 21st 2021, Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service issued charges against me in connection to an […]
Continue readingSupreme Court Declines Appeal in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
by Chris Schaino / Unicorn Riot Washington, DC – Today the United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal brought by Energy Transfer, the energy giant behind the highly contested Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). This means that the existing federal court […]
Continue reading‘We get to breathe’: Chicagoans celebrate as city blocks metal shredder
by Taylor Moore / The Guardian A year after a hunger strike brought national attention to a potentially toxic metal shredder in a majority Latino neighborhood in Chicago, the city has announced it will not issue the final permit necessary for the […]
Continue reading“Huge Win for [some] Gray Wolves” as US Court Restores Endangered Species Act Protections
by Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams While celebrating a U.S. judge’s Thursday decision to restore federal protections that the Trump administration had stripped from the gray wolf, wildlife advocates and experts also demanded action to save wolves that won’t be protected by the legal triumph. Calling the […]
Continue readingFederal Court Deals Blow to “Noxious Fracked Gas” Mountain Valley Pipeline
by Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Climate campaigners celebrated Thursday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit delivered yet another blow to a controversial gas project spanning over 300 miles in Virginia and West Virginia. “At a time when we need to […]
Continue readingHalf of Norway’s Wolves “Saved for this year” as Animal Rights Groups Fight Cull
by Helana Horton / The Guardian Norway has halted a major hunt of wolves after campaigners secured a court injunction. Twenty-five animals, within four packs, are in the “wolf zone”, an area of nature set aside to protect the predators, and these […]
Continue readingJudge Shuts Down Dakota Access Pipeline
by Dharna Noor / Earther In a stunning win for the environmental justice movement, a court just ordered that the Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down. The U.S. District Court for Washington, DC, ruled on Monday that an important federal permit […]
Continue readingDuke Energy, Dominion Abandon the $8 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
by John Downey / Charlotte Business Journal The $8 billion, 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead. Dominion Energy Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. are canceling the project because of continuing court delays likely to drive the price tag higher. That would threaten […]
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